Charlotte's Web: A Story About Friendship

This Charlotte's Web: A Story About Friendship lesson plan also includes:

Strengthen the bonds of friendship within your class with a reading of E.B. White's award-winning novel, Charlotte's Web. Focusing on the unique characters in the story and the relationships they develop, young readers draw from their own personal experiences as they deepen their understanding of what it means to be a friend.

Concepts

Instructional Ideas

Use these writing comprehension questions, writing exercises, and collaborative activities as the basis for a literature unit on Charlotte's Web

Perform this literature unit as a series of learning centers, allowing small groups to rotate between teacher-led lessons and discussions, a writing center, and other independent and/or collaborative activities

Have students record answers to the comprehension questions in a reading journal before discussing their ideas with the class

Classroom Considerations

A class set of the book Charlotte's Web by E.B. White is required for this literature unit

Pros

Provides a list of comprehension questions for students to answer after reading each set of two or three chapters

Includes writing prompts and collaborative activities that extend learning about friendship